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Daily Record, 1st October 2018 Abby Lang will joins 41 other finalists in the running to be named Young Scot 2018. Abby is nominated in the health category for her work with CRY and campaigning for heart screenings and #MPSupportforCRY. Read more

These are the photos of Ackworth Junior football club under 9’s who took part in a Junior Warrior Event and raised £184.00 For Rory’s Foundation at CRY. We love these photos and are so happy that young people are involved in raising funds in Rory’s memory. Anne Embling

These photos are of our Mad Hatters Tea Party kindly hosted by Paul and Carole Vogel. We had a lovely summer afternoon in Carole and Paul’s beautiful garden and raised £256.00 For Rory’s Foundation at CRY. The first photo shows our hosts Carole and Paul. The 2nd photo all the lovely ladies who helped to […]

The Northern Echo, 1st October 2018 Linda Smith will lead a group of around 40 at the CRY Heart of Durham walk next weekend, in memory of her son, Robert Daniel Smith. So far, £32,000 has been raised in Robert’s memory, allowing 400 young people to have their hearts screened by CRY. Read more

Clacton and Frinton Gazette, 22nd September 2018 At the annual Wix Young Farmers Meeting last Thursday a cheque for £1,500 was presented to CRY rep, Charles Bull. The group has previously had a talk from Charles and his wife to raise awareness of YSCD and CRY. Read more

Northen Echo, 20th September 2018 David Jewell, who became a CRY representative for Tyne and Wear earlier this year, has spoken to the Northern Echo about the CRY Heart of Durham Walk, raising awareness and the importance of the event for families who have experienced the death of a loved one. Read more

Peterborough Today, 15th September 2018 Reece Hill completed the Great North Run half marathon in 1 hour and 55 minutes, in memory of his best friend, Paul McCann. Reece said of the event, “When times got hard between mile eight and mile 11, I don’t know how I got from one end to the other. But […]

Northwich Guardian, 29th August 2018 The annual Whitegate Walk will take place on Sunday 11th September in memory of Whitegate United player, Mike Clarke. The walk will be raising funds for CRY and St Luke’s Hospice. Last year, over 200 walkers took place, raising £2,500 for local charities. Read more

Braintree & Withan Times, 30th August 2018 Kayleigh’s Charity Football Match and fun day was organised by Danielle Moore and Vanessa Caulkett in memory of Kayleigh Griffiths, who died in 2017 from cardiac arrest. Through games, a bouncy castle, facepainting £2,645.50 was raised. “Seeing everyone enjoying the day was lovely but knowing it was all […]

Stoke Sentinel, 27th August 2018 Angela and Philip Butler have raised over £150,000 for CRY since their son, Nathan Butler, died in 2006. With the help of friends and family, Nathan’s memorial fund has enabled over 2,000 young people to be screened. Read more

Bury Free Press, 25th August 2018 Mealnie Webster, Jenni Salt, Ruth Welsh and Claire Thompson will walk 100km in the Thames Path Challenge next month. The team hope to raise a further £1,600 to go to the Lily Webster memorial fund with CRY. So far, friends and family in Stowmarket have raised £68,000 for screening […]

Buxton Advertiser, 23rd August 2018 Elaine Ward spoke of her son, Neil, who died in 1992 and her fundraising efforts for CRY. Elaine and Ian Ward held their first screening in 2014, and since then have raised £57,500 for CRY and put on 15 screenings across Derbyshire. More 1500 young people have been screened in […]

Caerphilly Observer, 17th August 2018 Customers of Sainsbury’s Pontllanfraith voted for CRY and the Jack Thomas Memorial Fund to become the new charity partner for the store. Jack Thomas died in 2012 from an undiganosed heart condition, and since then his family and friends have raised £67,000 for CRY. Read more

OnRec, 14th August 2018 Encore Personnel staff, a team of 17, took on Ben Nevis as part of their company fundraising efforts for the year. £9000 was raised in total and will be split between CRY, Sick Children’s Trust and CLIC Sargent. Read more

Oxford Mail, 15th August 2018 A screening has been organised to mark the 10th anniversary of the sudden death of Guy Evans. The event has been arranged by Guy’s mother, Beth Chesney-Evans; she said of the day, “We’re pleased to be able to offer the opportunity for heart screening […] we still miss him dreadfully […]

Stoke Sentinel, 4th August 2018 A charity bouncathon has taken place at Boogie Bounce Extreme in Fenton, Stoke on Trent in memory of Jake Dean. The event was organised by the owners of Boogie Bounce and Janine Dean, Jake’s mother. The family have raised £24,000 for CRY since Jake’s death in 2017. Read more

Luton Today, 26th July 2018 An 11-a-side memorial football match will take place this Saturday at 1.30pm at Crawley Green Social Club. The event has been organised by family and friends of Brett Beasey-Webb to commemorate the second year since his death. The football match will raise funds and awareness for CRY. Read more

Slough Express, 21st July 2018 Interns at Travelport in Slough have taken on various fundraising efforts including bake sales, an auction, scaling Mount Snowdon and a santa run. The team have raised over their target of £15,000, raising £18,00 to be split between CRY and the Samaritans. Read more

On Sunday June 10th, Rob set off walking in memory of our wonderful and dearly loved nephew Ashley. After 4 hours he eventually reached his destination, the summit of Ben Nevis. On the way down from the summit he was approached by a couple of walkers who had noticed his CRY t-shirt. They asked whether […]

Caerphilly Observer, 18th July 2018 During his time as mayor in 2017, Cllr John Bevan raised a total of £8.427.30 via fundraising days, concerts, raffles, auctions, quizzes and number of other activities. The money is to be split between the two chosen charities, CRY and Cancer Research Wales. Read more

Derbyshire Times, 17th July 2018 On 4th August 2018, Amelie Wayte will attempt to ride up and down a climb local to her 63 times, clocking in over 29.029ft of ascent to match the height of Everest. The challenge is expected to take 18 hours in total. Amelie is taking on the challenge in memory […]

Cumbria Crack, 18th July 2018 Stephen Owen died in 2017 before completing the Loughrigg fell race in April 2017 so his friends and partner decided to complete the Bob Graham Round challenge on Stephen’s behalf, and to raise awareness of cardiac risk in the young. The route covers 66 miles and 42 summits and the […]

Maldon Standard 18th July 2018 Stuart Lawson and Andy Howe will be cycling 950 miles from lands End to John O Groats in memory of Jennifer and David Paul. The cycle will begin on 22nd July form lands End and the men will be joined by two other friends. Read more